Ewe rono yangu (You are my heart)

Title: Ewe rono yangu (You are my heart)
Performer / Recordist: Ramadhani Fataki and 'Ngoma ya Udi'; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Folk music--Tanzania; Swahili-speaking peoples; Field recordings
Description / content note: "You are my heart and the joy of my body. You are my eyes and my wisdom. You remain in my mind. You are dark and slender as a thread. You arrange your hair in woven strands. You are the witness of my eyes." The influence of Arabia is clearly seen in this Swahili poem. Love song, with 1 Udi, 1 Mandoline and 1 Duff Tambourine.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Swahili
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania Tabora
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR170; 11
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:30
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 15 ips reel
Digitisation (original): 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo; Studer B67 Recorder; Sound Forge V.6
Rights Holder: International Library of African Music
License: CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Access Rights: Public
Is Part Of: ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
Format: audio/mp3
Genre: field recordings
handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179847